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I just don’t get it I am 68 going on 69 next month been riding two wheels all my life and still am.
But the Pacific H/way has been in the news since the 1960’s work has been going on since then and nothing has improved!
What is going on!!!!
170 bridges to replace.
Oh! that’s right J Gillard want’s the Australian govt to give more to her slush fund called “THe Global Partnership for Education” it’s just like her friends Hillary & Bill Clinton “Foundation for Education” slush fund.
They don’t care about the road using taxpayer, they fly every where at our expense.
I’d line all of them up and shoot the lot. They should be in court/jail for treason.

Black Prince – “nothing has improved!” — when was the last time you travelled between Sydney to Brisbane (or reverse)? It is now basically dual carriage way from Sydney to just south of Grafton and is from Ballina to Brisbane. Yes it has been a stop start slow process but has definitely changed. Also I have no idea where the ‘170 bridges’ are mentioned in this article, the section of Highway that is being upgraded between Grafton and Ballina sure doesn’t have 170 bridges? In fact I’d doubt there are 170 bridges between the whole Sydney to Brisbane.

Not sure how old this story is – Woolgoolga to just south of Grafton now dual lane – it’s now the section South Grafton to Ballina that they will work on which I understand will take more than “several months” – more like a couple of years. However it is currently still quicker to stick to the highway if heading north (or coming south) then going via Casino – Lismore – Ballina (or reverse).

Bloke was killed on Oxley when he slid off at low speed in a corner
wouldn’t usually even cause gravelrash
but when he slid off the bitumen his head hit the post holding up a safety sign, broke his neck & killed him.

RMS NSW has since then, at great expense, installed tens of thousands of posts(wire rope) right on the edge of the bitumen & on outside of bends.
Guidelines for wire rope barrier installation explicitly warn against both these actions.

Someone runs wide on a corner (target fixation), drops his bike, but is walking around OK immediately
before his mate arrived.
If this was on the Oxley, wire rope posts would rip off his leg & he’d bleed to death
before his mate arrived.

What’s wrong with the Oxley highway then? It’s still a road. Oh!!! the speed limit dropped so you have you avoid it. Meanwhile the people that relied on the riders now suffer because of a government decision. The road is open with a section at a reduced speed where you might just have time to smell the roses along the way; not that you can smell many in the extra 7 or 8 mins that takes to do the 44km if you could manage to maintain 100 for the 44km length anyway.

Just come to South Australia where almost every hills road is down to 80 because some brain dead riders/drivers ran off the road or into someone else in the bends. Most of us grew up on the very same roads when they all had 110 and we survived but today government policy demands that the less capable must also survive their own stupidity and so the capable get punished at 80.

Isn’t it funny, the NSW Government has announced record surpluses in recent times & wants to spend millions on upgrading/replacing sports stadiums in Sydney but cannot even keep the roads in NSW up to standard. Governments sell off tax-payer assets then use the money ensuring their own re-election by handing out money in city based electorates but are too short-sighted to realise that road & rail infrastructure is what supplies big cities. As a driver/rider I see many of NSW country roads and they are an absolute disgrace.

Beware of the back roads due to the following
Trucks farm gates and anything that comes through them snakes roos dead roos fog and over zealous revenue enforcement numerous diesel spills and enormous potholes.